require the taliban to separate from the afghan terrorists. the deal altered the political order of the country. some may say that trump's agreement was condition-based, but it was different. it came with stronger conditions, but that is simply not true. the choice before president biden was between a full withdrawal and the surging of thousands of americans in afghanistan for an undefined time. to argue a third option and the troops where the safety of the personnel could be preserved in my mind is a fantasy. had we not removed american troops from afghanistan we would have left them in the middle of the rapidly deteriorating war zone with no assurances to be